Cyanide took their time this year but at last we have some real information from them on the upcoming games. They've released five screenshots taken from the Pro Cycling Manager 2016 and Tour de France 2016 games, due to be released in June on PC, PS4 and XbOne.
So what can we see? To look at the images yourself click on read more below. Looks like more lisenced teams than before, although still no BMC. The bikes themselves seem updated, or at least they've changed the coloring to be more realistic on several of them. Apart from that you can't tell much from the screenshots. Looks pretty as ever!
If you jump to the Focus website you can find a touch more info. For Tour de France 2016 you'll be getting new and specific Mont Saint-Michal, Mont Ventoux and Champs Eleysees graphics. Descent Challenge will be multiplayer. New updates and additions to Pro Team mode. Finally they're adding "throw their bikes", or as we normal people say "lunging for the line in a sprint".
Pro Cycling Manager 2016 will come with 550 stages as standard. Lots of changes to Multiplayer where you can change all sorts of race rules, and apparently Co-Op! More interactions added to Be-A-Pro. New Objective and Sponsor system to Career mode. As well as usual graphical and AI changes. Finally they are adding Steam Workshop support!
If this doesn't get thread of the week then there's a serious problem - maxime86
Are you ready to rumble?!
No we're not having a wresting match, despite what you might read at times. Haasje33 and the_hoyle are working together to launch a brand new PCM.Daily competiton! The PCM.Daily Graphics Contest will be launched shortly. It'll cover a lot more than just your usual Jerseys, including all those lovely little accesories and equipment that make packs brilliant. You can find the more specific details and rules and such in the thread.
I can already recommend following as the quality will surely be out of this world!
Giro for days
We've got more than enough Giro d'Italia for you to consume. Every stage of the opening week we had you covered from start to finish and beyond. And now we are doing the same for week two! If you want to discuss the Giro, we've got you covered. Or if you want some advice on a little side action there's a thread for that as well, uniquely. Plus don't forget our almost daily Fantasy Bets, someone's gotta catch Lachi!
High Drama
It's unbelieveable Jeff! Big Brother Season 3 is going to see a champion crowned any moment, and it's been tense right to the wire. The usual finale of "The Questions" finally saw the alliances exposed and the dirty tricks made public. Has trekbmc, jandal7 or Marcovdw convinced the voters? They must be on edge...
CX:AND has had a bit more action this week. The big event was the Christmas Classic in Switzerland, where Lipawsky took the big paycheck and the glory. Eyes back to the main competitions with the Coca-Cola Trophy FujiCross up next. Well worth taking some time out to read and catch up on what is still the best game on Daily.
ICL17 Sign-ups are still very much alive and open. Do take the chance to join the best management game currently running. It really is fantastic and worth your consideration and effort. Sign-up and make the 2017 season the best one yet, even though it already will be.
Thread of the Week
One thread this week made me laugh more than any other by a huge margin. Packed with comedy gold, as well as a couple of people missing the joke, it had me coming back several times a day for many many days. Even now i'll happily go back through and re-read it to get a good chuckle. My thread of the week is The Eurovision Thread. and seeing as so many of us are Europeans, it can't really be a surprise.
Let it Go! You'll never see me cry - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Daily DB v1.2
It was released on Monday by the DB Team. A number of updates to our own top-class DB including, but not limited to: Adding the Community 2016 Giro d'Italia, Lots of new Free Agents, Lots of Updated Stats, New Jerseys and Bugfixes. You can get a full list of fixes, as well as where to download it, via clicking this very link! And as if the DB Team didn't do enough for you they put together an updated Variant DLC as well!
Cycling Explosion
It's the first Grand Tour of the year, what did you expect to be the big focus of the week? We kicked off the week in a sad affair with a string of accidents and illnesses, which were well discussed in the News in May thread which did cover a number of other news stories as well, not all doom and gloom. Related is the ever increasing interest in the Transfers 16/17 thread as more team and rider news and rumors emerge.
Then this Friday it all kicked off for the Giro d'Italia. Giro d'Italia 2016 - Week 1 (6th - 15th May) will keep you more than up to date on every single days action from start to finish, as well as pretty much constantly in between. We are basically your #1 source for the Giro, don't bother with Twitter or Eurosport, you just need PCM.Daily for considered, measured, insightful and on-topic updates.
Roll Up, Roll Up!
The ICL is right about to conclude it's 2016 season, and what does that mean? Sign-Ups time!!! Go to the ICL17 - Signup and join in. With the Man-Game on hiatus the ICL is your best chance to get that fix of role-play managerial stuff. It's gone from strength to strength each season and already is on target to be the biggest season thus far. Stop reading this and go sign-up. Seriously. Go. Stop reading, i'm not going to say anything better. Sign-up. Now. NOW. Why are you still here? GO!
Thread of the Week
At a couple of points this week i thought the choice would be clear. Three times i was shown to be wrong for various reasons and now i've had to go digging. Sometimes when you dig you find pure gold. Great Heroes of cycling is my thread of the week. It stayed away from Armstrong, just, and delivered a range of interesting and informative stories on some rather unknown riders. Well worth a read in the thread, and then more than worth expanding your knowledge of cyclings illustrious past. Plus it shows how to present your opposing views with dignity.
A Final Note
Remember that we are a community here on PCM.Daily. If you do have a problem with another member and you cannot sort your issues out in private with them, your FIRST and ONLY port of call should be the Admin team. You can contact us with information and we will then follow up and investigate. Please try and be courtious to each other, there's a reason we have so many members and it's because we are all amazing!
PCM.daily's Database Team just released the second update for their 2016 Database, containing even more features than the previous versions.
The most eyecatching feature is the addition of the 2016 route of the Giro d'Italia, just in time for you to play it while watching the Giro happening in real life! Next to that, there have been lots of graphical additions and a lot of stat changes from the classics.
Next to the update of the main database, they also released an update for their Variant DLC, with even more race variants added.
And this brings new joys to the forum in anticipation of the seasons first grand tour. We've just had what can be classed as the big warm-up race, Romandie. Somehow no-one thought to make a thread for it, so catch up on the action and discussion in the Other Races 2016 thread. For more specific pre-Giro stuff go to the Preview/Hype Thread, where our members bring regular chat and updates ahead of the big start.
Playing the AI not good enough? Test your knowledge in te Velogames Fantasy Giro against real Daily members. Just head over to Velogames, sign-up and join uor mini-league. You'll need the code: 01141151.
Game Night
Bored waiting for the Man-Game? Then why not try:
Big Brother is down to just 5 Housemates! The winner will shortly be known and the Alliances broken even shortlier than that. Prepare for slaging matches, and maybe even some fistfights. Then we'll have a truly worthy winner, or Jesleyh again somehow.
The ICL is rapidly closing in on the Worlds at Richmond, USA. Plus Scouting is slowly wrapping up. Keep an eye out for your chance to join which can't be too far off now. It's a fantastic game, perfect for passing the time if you like the MG.
Thread of the Week
You've been waiting for this thread to be mentioned. It's by far and away the clear victor of the last week. As British Cycling imploded we all talked and argued and laughed. Yep, thread of the week is News in April! Of course it was, with chats on Sutton, Yates, Kennaugh, Sexism, Womens Cycling and actual other news if you looked really hard. Plus Avin providing possibly the comment of the year!
